Flac Rare Funk

Rare Funk Grooves is an epic collection of 50 full constructions kits, each with 4-5 corresponding parts including synth bass, live bass guitar, guitar, Rhodes, Wurly, Clav, poly synths and crisp funky drum breaks. Put together by the insanely talented session musician Toby Baker, this sample pack is a real tribute to the rare soul and funk genres that gave birth to the art of sampling.

With 21 slabs of pure, joyous funk complete with huge drums, blistering horn charts, pulsing basslines, stacks of wah-wah fuzz guitars, and enough energy and rhythm to rearrange the stratosphere, this delightful set of rare and independent California funk releases from the late '60s and early '70s is as much a nonstop dance party as it is an affirming revelation. It never stops grooving from the opener, Water Color’s “All Bundled into One,” a release so rare only one copy is known to exist, to the closer, a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” by Mr. Clean & the Soul Inc., this is one powerful document. None of these sides was a national hit, and most didn’t even crack the local airwaves, but it’s not because they lack quality. There is so much to marvel at here, including the above-mentioned tracks as well as Arthur Monday’s thundering and slightly spooky “What Goes Around Comes Around” and the charging horns and percolating guitar of J.G.D. & the New Breed’s “North Richmond Breakaway.” It’s joyous funk as deep as the ocean is blue. You can’t go wrong with this one.

They're not lying about the "impossibly rare" part of the title here – because most of the work on this set is previously unreleased – funky Bay Area gems recorded in the late 60s and early 70s, finally seeing the light of day on this collection! The music represents a much deeper current of soul than you might know from Sly & The Family Stone or some of the bigger bay area groups of the period – a really righteous batch of tracks that freak out nicely with a heady, jamming groove – one that's often heavy on the basslines and drums, but which also has a celebratory, party-hearty quality in the vocals and other instrumentation.

Will Quantic is known around the world for performances with his band the Quantic Soul Orchestra and for his productions and remixes as Quantic, but his ear for a good tune and his feel for a good rhythm didn’t come from nowhere. Our man has been collecting rare funk 45s for years, and in that time he has absorbed every drum kick, every horn line and every guitar lick into his very soul. Now Jazzman and Will Quantic have teamed up to unearth some of the very best and rarest funk 45s known (and unknown) to man.

Natural Funk Killas: 12 Super Rare Original Funk Killers From The Early Seventies is an unofficial compilation of 1970's "obscure soul and funk singles, all sourced from vinyl." This was released on the Soul Patrol label of France.